Some Voters In The South Are Confused About Who Is Running For President

Despite the incessant bombardment of political advertisements
this election season, there are still people in the U.S. who are
unsure about who is running for president.

According to search data from Google’s Google Trends tool, not only are U.S. searches
for “who is running for president” at their highest since
2004, the highest volume of Internet searches came from
Tennessee, with users in Kentucky following close behind.

The Daily Caller checked the trends,
which constantly change, at 2 p.m. on Election Day.

Polling indicates that the Romney campaign should expect a solid
victory in both states.

Google notes that its data represents “search volume relative to
the highest point on the chart, which is always 100.” Tennessee
was a solid 100 on Google’s index, while Google ranked Kentucky
at a 94. Indiana users ranked third at 89.

Continued growth in the number of American adults using the
Internet may offer at least one explanation for the increase in
the search volume.

Data from Pew Internet & American Life Project surveys taken
between 1995 and 2012 shows that as of August 2012, 85 percent of
American adults — 18 years old and older — are using the
Internet. In 2004, 63 percent of American adults used the
Internet.

In 2010, Tennessee ranked slightly higher than Kentucky in
household Internet usage in and out of the home, according to
data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

In 2010, 69.4 percent of Tennesseans ages 3 years old and older
lived in a household with Internet access. Kentucky, on the other
hand, ranked as one of the bottom five states in the
country, tying Alabama with 67 percent of its citizens of the
same demographic range living in a household with Internet
access.